2020 Virtual Symposium
Due to COVID19, the annual 2020 PBHS virtual symposium will be a program member-only event. We apologize for not making this a public event given the restrictions for in-person events on campus. We appreciate the speakers' willingness to share the talks with the broader MSU community after the event. Please see the links below.
| Theme: Quantitative approaches to genomics and plant breeding | ||
| 9:00-9:35 AM (10 min Q & A) |
Daniel Chitwood Dept of Horticulture & CMSE, Michigan State University |
Topological Data Analysis for Quantifying Plant Morphology |
| 9:45-10:20 AM (10 min Q & A) |
David Lowry Dept of Plant Biology, Michigan State University |
The Genetics and Physiology of Plant Resilience |
| 10:30-11:05 AM (10 min Q & A) |
Candice Hirsch Dept of Agronomy & Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota |
Application of the Maize Pangenome to Maize Breeding and Genetics |
| 11:15-11:50 AM (approx.) | Student lightning talks | |
| Theme: Metabolic modeling and metabolomics | ||
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1:00-1:40 PM |
Ron Milo Dept of Plant & Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science |
Conversion of E. coli to generate all biomass carbon from CO2 |
| 1:50-2:25 PM (10 min Q & A) |
Ana Alonso Dept of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas |
A Multi-Omics Approach to Design Next Generation Alternative Crops |
| 2:35-3:10 PM (10 min Q & A) |
Ruthie Angelovici |
Unlocking Seed Amino Acid Regulation and |
Application process for first year students interested in the program
May through July of each year
Annual Plant Biotechnology for Health and Sustainability Symposium
Dates to be determined October or November each year
Meetings of students with Executive Committee Members
Semiannually Fall and Spring Semester